On a fun trip up to Pahang (Raub and Krau) in in July and late August 2017 was fun. In August especially, we made some friends in the trade, gotten to visit a durian plantation, understand a little further in the durian business.
The trip isn't all durian. We tried the most tasty fresh water fishes we ever had in our life maybe. The fresh water fishes were not 'muddy' tasting like what we frequently associated fresh water fishes with. The fishes were fresh, meat were tender and with no hint of 'mud' taste. Cooking were awesome too.
In Bukit Tinggi, there are a few rows of shophouses and I bet nearly 1/3 shops were seafood restaurants. That's how popular their fresh water fishes are. Oh wait.... this is about durian, not fishes. How did I stray so far....
Back to durian. The trees were fruiting (very tiny fruits, no larger than table tennis ball size) and flowering as well. Almost every plantation we went pass, saw trees with a lot of flowers. That's a really good sign that year end supply will be good (provided weather doesn't act up during the 'first trimester').
In mid September, on a trip up to Genting, I had went to Pahang Bt Tinggi for dinner one afternoon. Along the way, we saw durian trees with flowers too. Apparently, the flowering didn't stop from 2 weeks ago. On the way back to Singapore, going past Serembang, we saw some smaller plantations and they too, were flowering.
From these signs, the supply should start (those bearing small fruits in late Aug) in November, which is what we are getting currently. Those flowering in late August till Mid September, should start dropping in December and I guess it will last into January, before supply reduces.
Back to Johor.
I understand just a week ago, the plantations are bearing a lot of fruits too. It is expected to start falling come early December and odd to last through December. The plantation owner and staffs are on about to get cracking soon.
However, this weekend and maybe next 1-2 weeks, we odd to see prices climb a bit, since the durians from first flowering odd to decline. We will experience price drop come Mid December, I guess. Enjoy it when it happens. Stock up time.
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